Improvement in cigar-boxes



STATES sf NEIGE.

HENRY scEMEEE, OE sYEA'cUsE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Soni/LEER, of the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Box; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a cigar-box of paper board with double walls, so that the same can be opened at the top or bottom for the purpose of packc ing, and, when the same is filled, can besecurely and quickly closed and fastened for transportation.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and manner of use.

I construct my box shown in Figure l of paper-board of suitable thickness, and of any desired size and shape, making the walls double-the inner wall so that it will t closely the inside of the Outer wall at each side and end. I construct the Outer walls and the inner 'walls separate, and then slide the latter within the former and fasten them together with glue or other adhesive substance. I make the inner walls shorter, both upon the upper and lower edge, than the outer walls by just the thickness of the board used, and I makeA the bottom and top of the box of such size that they will t exactly the inside of the Outerl walls and rest on the edge Of the inner walls, which, being the thickness of the board shorter than the outer walls', brings the outer surface of both the top and bottom of the box exactly iush with the corresponding edge of the Outer walls inclosing them. I cut from the top of the .outer walls a strip of suitable width to form a rim to the top or cover of the box, shown by YC in Figs. l and 2, which I attach to the top of the box, which rim, when the box f is closed, shuts over the inner wall, holding the cover firmly in place. This cover I attach to the body of the box by a cloth hinge exthe bottom Inay be opened, as shown in Fig. 2, where D represents the bottom partly open. I construct my box so that the bottom can be opened, because most manufacturers of cigars pack from the bottom of the box instead of the top, it being much more expeditious, and

the top row being in better shape when the top of the box is opened wh en the cigars arepacked into-the box from the bottom. I cover the box thus made of paper-board with enameled, pebbled, or morocco paper, pasted over the entire box, except the bottom, but leaving it' large enough to extend onto the bottom about half an inch on each side, as shown by J in Fig. 2.` This I paste to the bottom upon the hinged side, and upon the other three sides I simplyv gum itand fold it down, leaving it to be moistened and fastened to the bottom by the cigarpacker after he has packed the box with cigars. Vhen it is desired to open the box this outside paper is cut with a knife along the joint which the rim of the cover forms with..the outside wall of the box, shown by the dotted line C in Fig. 1. I fasten my box with a triangular piece Of sheet-brass or other pliable metal, shown by B in Fig. 3, having two ears projecting at right angles from the lower end, one on each side, shown by H H, Fig. 3, which I pass through two suitable slits in the neck Of the box, under the rim of the cover, at the center of the side opposite to the hinge of the cover, and bend the lends down, as shown by H in Fig. 3. The projecting part of this triangular piece, above the neck ofthe box, I pass through va similarv slit in the cover of the box and bend 'tom I), lower edge J of the outside covering,

and fastener B, asy above described.

HENRY SCHMEER.

Vitnesses JACOB LIsrMAN, GEORGEl D. COWLEs. 

